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Topic: Caste

The India that Vir Das and liberals want – and the one they won’t talk about

Anurag Minus Verma -
Standup comedian Vir Das' Kennedy Center monologue 'Two Indias' is based on a pre-2014 nostalgia and the forced funeral enacted by every liberal.

NEET UG results have a loud and clear message: Dominant castes can’t continue old tactics

Dilip Mandal -
NEET UG results have bust the caste-merit myth. But dominant castes still have an 'anxiety' about unreserved seats.

Emphasis on surnames keep the silent apartheid of caste in India alive

Laxmi Mohan -
Campus Voice is an initiative by ThePrint where young Indians get an opportunity to express their opinions on a prevalent issue.

KCR’s Telangana is utopia for his caste group, land barons. Oppressed continue to suffer

Chinnaiah Jangam -
As a Dalit from Telangana, I often ask: “Is this the Telangana we fought for?” The killing of Manthena Madhukar and Pranay Kumar indicate that feudal forces continue to rule.

We must ‘replace’ caste with something else, rather than trying to ‘remove’ it: Ram Madhav

Ram Madhav -
In 'The Hindutva Paradigm,' Ram Madhav writes that caste hierarchy and privileges based on caste had no sanction in Hinduism.

In Gurjar-vs-Rajput fight over king Mihir Bhoj, we see how ‘kshatriya-isation’ of caste works

Zeeshan Husain -
In UP, Gurjars and Rajputs are staking claim over historical king Mihir Bhoj. It’s not only about Kshatriya status, but also reworking of mythical figures.

Socialists vs conservatives harmed Indian education. Bahujans need market forces

Vipin P. Veetil -
Bahujans will benefit greatly from access to contestable markets in education, though it may not meet egalitarian fancies of well-meaning comrades.

Zomato, Kent, Rolling Stone — Casteism in Indian ads, marketing and how not to say sorry

Sanjana Ramachandran -
In Indian marketing and advertising, caste is implied, not acknowledged and addressed. But a few ads have shown the way.

Congress handed over OBC voters to BJP. And it still hasn’t learnt its lesson

Dilip Mandal -
Throughout the years, Congress' mistakes in its OBC policies have been so critical that even BJP's tokenistic actions appear more welfare-oriented.

Caste or income or mother? As primary schools reopen, we need to decide who gets extra support

Vidya Mahambare -
The pandemic-induced loss of learning in primary schools has remained unaddressed. It is the foundation for vital outcomes like employment and income.
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Blaming Macaulay for India’s failures is just lazy politics we’ve perfected since 1947

Shankar Sharan -
Macaulay's intent was quite different from what has been propagated by Indian leaders and public intellectuals, who love to live in their own sectarian mental chambers.

Chaos, multiple angles, and a terror module—ThePrint took a deep dive into Red Fort blast case

‘Ghazwa-e-Hind’ didn’t come from Islamic scholarship. It came from modern politics

Economy

Karnataka startups feel the chill as global funding winter sets in. Fintech emerges as sole bright spot

Sharan Poovanna -
The state raises just $2.7 billion in first nine months of 2025 compared to $4.5 billion last year, with late-stage investments hit hardest.

Defence

Airbus & Embraer in the mix, IAF plans revamp of military transport fleet with MTA as new workhorse

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Once acquired by IAF, the medium transport aircraft (MTA) will replace both AN-32s and IL-76s, it is learnt. The idea behind the revamp is to meet modern operational needs.

National Interest

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

Shekhar Gupta -
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.

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